About Loren ColemanLoren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

Can’t say that I’ve had the pleasure. It would be a real treat. However, seeing the large Bigfoot statue reminds me of a place that I have been to in Kid Valley, Wa., about 25 miles from Mt. St. Helens.

Standing in front of the North Fork Survivors Gift Shop is a 28 foot tall, concrete statue of the Big Fella. You can see a photo of it here.

I’m not certain if the store is open for business anymore, and I read about a year ago in a local real estate magazine that the whole enterprise – statue, gift shop, buried A-frame plus around 13 acres – could be had for about $400,000. Were I filthy rich, I would certainly consider it.

ahhh….good ole Willow Creek, CA. Was there in 2007 and loved every minute of it. The folks at the Bigfoot museum were very nice and I loved the 40th anniversary celebration Tom Yamarone and Joyce Kearney put together back in October 2007. Is a memory I will treasure forever!